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Schooling for Sustainable Development in South America : Policies, Actions and Educational Experiences by Maria Lucia de Amorim Soares, Leandro Petarnella (auth.), Maria Lucia de Amorim Soares, Leandro Petarnella (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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This book supplies both empirical evidence and scholarly analysis that exemplify successful innovation in South America in the field of sustainability education. Examining the issues from a three-fold perspective, of national policy, regional planning and grassroots projects in schools and communities, the volume offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary situation in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela. It provides case studies as detailed illustrations of the recipe for success as well as to inform researchers and practitioners of the kinds of obstacles and challenges they might face in seeking to manifest sustainability. A good deal of the research and scholarly studies in the field of education for sustainability and sustainable development is underpinned by ‘Western’ norms and culture. This book draws on that literature, yet also teases out features in the case studies that are particular to the region. South America itself encompasses a rich variety of natural and cultural environments—within individual nations as much as continent-wide. This diversity is a recurring theme in the book. The volume’s three sections provide first a general survey, enriched w

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Author

Maria Lucia de Amorim Soares, Leandro Petarnella (auth.), Maria Lucia de Amorim Soares, Leandro Petarnella (eds.)

Publisher

Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9789400717534

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Education, Science, Political Science